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Tomasz Kiełbasa

2×2 · top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009KIEL01

Tomasz Kiełbasa has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Rzeszow Open 2010, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 340th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2009, he has put 1,094 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.65 in August 2009 to 9.44, a 60% improvement. Tomasz has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.84
signature single · Rzeszow Open 2010
1,094
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.844.58
top 3.8%340 / 5,422
3×39.4412.33
top 5.9%554 / 6,576
Pyraminx3.946.08
top 7.4%499 / 4,406
3×3 one-handed16.8622.88
top 12.2%291 / 2,176
4×446.8056.99
top 20.5%581 / 2,851
Megaminx1:22.181:32.14
top 23.2%333 / 1,384
5×51:31.311:39.15
top 28.4%390 / 1,442
Clock10.7812.43
top 29.0%535 / 1,549
7×74:14.634:29.09
top 35.9%180 / 546
6×62:49.643:00.33
top 36.0%223 / 669
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
top 51.8%257 / 466
Square-11:21.91—
early days — 3 solves938 / 1,002

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Gdansk Open 2009: 23.65Wroclaw Open 2009: 24.25Silesia Open 2009: 19.55Polish Open 2010: 15.27Bialystok Open 2010: 16.15Kociewie Open 2010: 14.91Polish Nationals 2010: 13.50Rzeszow Open 2010: 14.33Bialystok Open 2011: 13.05Swierklany Open 2011: 11.03Poznan Open 2011: 9.44Polish Open 2012: 12.03Silesia Open 2012: 14.43European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 11.65Jura Open 2012: 14.58Rybnik Open 2013: 10.56Kraków Open 2013: 13.80Polish Nationals 2013: 12.05GLS Summer 2013: 12.83SLS Jastrzebie 2013: 10.90SLS Zaglebie 2013: 12.66SLS Swierklany 2013: 10.68SLS Czestochowa 2013: 11.62Polish Nationals 2014: 13.85Polish Open 2015: 12.749.4424.2522 Aug 200927 Mar 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.